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Julian Assange Post

Océan Indien - « Big win/Grande victoire » a clamé Julian Assange sur twitter suite au jugement (8 février 2018) de la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni : « les câbles diplomatiques divulgués par Wikileaks sont admissibles comme preuves ». A l'origine de cette décision, une démarche d'Olivier ... ... See more

« Notre combat ne s’arrête pas là », prévient Olivier Bancoult, leader du "Groupe Réfugiés Chagos", suite au rejet par la Cour suprême britannique de l'appel des Chagossiens contestant le Parc Marin.

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Océan Indien - L'appel des Chagossiens contestant le Parc Marin a été rejeté par la Cour suprême britannique, ce 8 février 2018. « Notre combat ne s'arrête pas là », prévient Olivier Bancoult, leader du Groupe Réfugiés Chagos (G.R.C.). ... See more

The verdict was not in our favour again but this is not the end of the road Bancoult Louis Olivier David Vine Laura Jefferyand Paula Naughton

The Supreme Court will this Thursday make a judgement on whether the UK government acted improperly in establishing a Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Islands in 2010. The challenge is being brought by Oliver Bancoult, Leader of the Chagos Refugees Group.

Evidence was heard on 29 June 2017, and now a verdict will be delivered on Thursday 8 February.

The creation of the Marine Protected Area in 2010 has become controversial, owing to documents released by Wikileaks in which a US diplomat reports that Chagossians would find it "difficult, if not impossible, to pursue their claim for resettlement" if the Marine Protected Area was created.

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In a previous legal challenge, the Court of Appeal found however that this leaked cable was not admissible as evidence. This is one of the decisions Mr Bancoult has brought to the Supreme Court.

The challenge also contends that the Court of Appeal was mistaken to conclude that the Secretary of State at the time (David Miliband) was not personally motivated by an improper purpose.

Also contended in the challenge is that the UK did not properly consult with Mauritius, which has a sovereignty claim over the Chagos Islands, regarding fishing rights in the Chagos Islands. Many Chagossian fishermen, making a life in exile in Mauritius, lost their right to fish in waters of the Chagos Islands following the creation of the Chagos Marine Protected Area.
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